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1 CHAPTER 1 WHY NOW? The empowerment of the world s women is a global imperative. Yet despite important progress in promoting gender equality, there remains an urgent need to address structural barriers to women s economic empowerment and full inclusion in economic activity. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, January 2016 More than two decades after the landmark 1995 United Nations (UN) Conference on Women in Beijing and with the unprecedented consensus on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the global commitment to women s empowerment and to gender equality has never been stronger. The potential gains for basic human rights, for human development and for economic growth have never been larger. The rallying message of the 1995 conference that women s rights are human rights and human rights are women s rights still resonates around the world. The economic empowerment of women their ability to succeed and advance economically and their power to make and act on economic decisions is a cornerstone of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since that message was first articulated, much of the world has been closing gender inequalities, especially in education and health, demonstrating that commitment and action can lead to real transformative change. Yet there is still much to do to achieve the full and equal participation of women in the economy and society. The pace of improvement has, for example, been far too slow on the economic front and in a range of other areas, from political representation to violence against women. These challenges are interrelated: Constraints to women s economic empowerment are rooted in persistent gender inequalities in society. Around the world, discriminatory social norms and gender bias in economic policy still constrain women s ability to take decent jobs on an equal footing with men. Multiple layers of disadvantage due to age, poverty, ethnicity, disability, geography and migratory status remain powerful obstacles to equal rights and opportunities for hundreds of millions of women. Most women work. They perform the majority of unpaid household and care work. And they work for pay or profit in a raft of ways and contexts in the formal and informal economy as waged or salaried workers, employers and own-account workers, and as contributing family workers. All these types and conditions of work show large and persistent gender differences, reflecting substantial constraints on women s economic opportunities and outcomes. Globally, only about one in two women takes part in employment for pay or profit, against three in four men this means that about 700 million fewer women than men are employed in 2016 (1.27 billion versus about 2 billion men). The full spectrum of women s work is neither recognized nor valued, resulting in policies and approaches that undervalue women s care work and stigmatize informal paid work. Critically, women undertake three times more unpaid work than men and spend about half as much time in paid work. In sum, women work more hours than men but receive less remuneration for their work. At the September 2015 UN General Assembly, governments from across the world adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with goals that set out an agenda for action to improve lives for all. Applying to all countries and promising sustained, transformative change, the 2030 Agenda commits to leave no one behind not women, not minorities, not migrants, not indigenous people, not people with disabilities. More than that, those farthest behind must now be moved to the top of the global community s agenda. Today, around 1 billion people continue to live in extreme poverty, many of them women and children. The 2030 Agenda is firmly anchored in human rights that call for an end to all forms of discrimination WOMEN S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT 11

2 against women and girls, building on decades of work and advocacy by women s rights organizations and others. The Agenda is also closely linked to the international labour standards (conventions and recommendations) of the International Labour Organization (ILO), which set out the framework and responsibilities of states to ensure gender equality at work (see box 3.2 in chapter 3). Today, on the first anniversary of the Agenda s adoption, the world faces the urgent task of accelerating progress. The SDGs are interconnected and mutually dependent, with a focus on gender equality reflected throughout (box 1.1). The UN Secretary-General s High- Level Panel on Women s Economic Empowerment The UN Secretary-General established a High-Level Panel on Women s Economic Empowerment in January 2016 as part of his efforts to ensure that the Sustainable Development Agenda moves from the pages of UN documents into the lives of women and works towards stronger, more inclusive economies. The High-Level Panel seeks to corral energy, commitment and action to accelerate the economic empowerment of women across the world to catalyze the delivery of the SDGs, through: 1. Demonstrating high-level leadership and commitment. 2. Informing and inspiring action by highlighting the gains. 3. Identifying priorities for concrete, effective, scalable and transformative actions that address critical constraints and that can be taken now. 4. Showing how governments, employer and worker organizations, businesses, multilateral organizations, development partners, and civil society can work in partnerships to achieve women s economic empowerment. The Panel starts from the understanding that economic empowerment is about rights, sustainability and justice. It is grounded in the recognition that gender inequalities are rooted in the gamut of individual and social attitudes, household divisions of labour, communities, formal and informal institutions, education and legal systems and market forces. The numerous and complex obstacles to women s economic empowerment require reform on multiple fronts. Supporting and enabling frameworks are required to generate change among individuals capabilities, knowledge and self-esteem; in families, households and interpersonal relationships; in communities, institutions, workplaces, markets and corporate value chains; and in political, legal and policy environments. A recurring theme is the need to eliminate discriminatory norms that constrain the potential of women in the economy and society. The changes needed to enable tangible improvements in women s lives inevitably vary across countries and circumstances. There are significant differences in both the nature and the severity of the barriers to empowerment facing individual women in different circumstances. The specific barriers to the expansion of their economic opportunities depend on the kind of work they do, their income and family situation, and the norms, laws and institutions that govern their lives. The world is changing rapidly. Political and economic uncertainty and rising income inequality in many countries are the context for policy and practice. This is part of the background for understanding and addressing women s economic opportunities. Women s increased participation in paid work can support economic growth and wider development goals, but not all forms of economic growth are associated with expanding the opportunities for decent work. Nor do all development paths support women s rights or gender equality. And poor communities (especially poor women and girls) risk being left behind. The reality of climate change, massive forced movements of people, the fragility of some states, the persistence of armed conflicts, the rise of political movements that explicitly curtail women s activities all form the backdrop of efforts to expand women s economic empowerment. Given the breadth, complexity and diversity of the barriers to women s economic empowerment, the Panel has focused on actions to expand women s economic opportunities and outcomes in the world of work. As the next chapter documents, all countries and all development levels show large and persistent gender disparities across all types of paid and unpaid work. After six months of fact finding, sharing best practices and consulting around the world (box 1.2), the Panel presents its findings about proven and promising actions to address gender gaps and accelerate progress. It also presents the commitments and 12 LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND

3 Box 1.1 The Sustainable Development Agenda and gender equality The post-2015 development agenda, led by UN Member States with broad participation from a range of stakeholders, has targets agreed under Goal 5 on gender equality and women s empowerment. Goal 5 also has links to Goal 8 on sustained, inclusive economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all and Goal 10 on reducing inequalities between and within countries. SDG 5 aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls by It has nine associated targets, all with links to economic empowerment. End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere. Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation. Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation. Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate. Ensure women s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decisionmaking in political, economic and public life. Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights. Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws. Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women. Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels. Addressing gender disparities is recognized in SDG 8 for decent work and economic growth through full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value (Target 8.5) and to protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment (Target 8.8). SDG targets 1.3 and 10.4 underline the importance of social protection, with fiscal and wage policies, in addressing inequalities. Addressing gender disparities is also recognized in SDG 10 for reduced inequalities, by ensuring equal opportunity and by reducing inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard (Target 10.3) and in the revitalization of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development in Goal 17. WOMEN S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT 13

4 Box 1.2 Consultations for the report The High-Level Panel held 14 consultations around the world between March and August 2016, bringing together diverse actors and providing space to discuss the key challenges and opportunities for women s economic empowerment. The discussions highlighted: Addressing discriminatory social norms, attitudes and gender roles, including through engaging and mobilizing men. Ensuring legal protection and the removal of legal barriers. Protecting the rights of domestic workers. Increasing training, education and capacity-building for women workers and entrepreneurs. Ensuring equal pay for work of equal value. Enhancing public and corporate procurement processes that increase opportunities for women suppliers. Increasing investment in social infrastructure, social protection and childcare to reduce women s unequal share of care work. Providing more resources and support for women s collective organizing and bargaining. Supporting digital and financial inclusion as major enablers of women s economic opportunities. Increasing partnerships among stakeholders to ensure the sustainability of interventions. Recognizing the diversity of women s experiences, intersecting forms of discrimination and the need for programmes and policies to respond to different socioeconomic and political contexts. Increasing and collecting better quality sex-disaggregated data. The Panel also partnered with the UN SDG Action Campaign to launch a My World Women s Economic Empowerment survey to extend the reach of the consultation process. The survey questions elicited people s opinions on the key barriers to progress and the main enabling factors and opportunities to advancing women s economic empowerment. actions by its members to break through the constraints facing women in the world of work. This report is a call to action to meet the new global goals for women s economic empowerment. The report and its supporting policy briefs are available on the Panel s website ( empowerwomen.org/en/who-we-are/initiatives/sg-high -level-panel-on-womens-economic-empowerment). Over the next year, the Panel will continue its work through its commitments, consultations and advocacy to inform and inspire actions by governments, civil society, development partners, businesses and employer and worker organizations. A second report, building on this first report, will be issued in March 2017 with additional recommendations and analysis in light of the first year of implementation of the 2030 Agenda. It will include additional best practices and ongoing actions by Panel members and other stakeholders. Why is women s economic empowerment so important? Women s economic empowerment and gender equality are first and foremost about basic human rights. The Panel s report and recommendations are grounded in the human rights foundation of the LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND

5 Agenda and build on international human rights and labour conventions, laws and norms. The centrality of human rights has guided the Panel s work and is reflected in its commitments and recommendations. Empowering women economically is not only the right thing to do to honour the world s commitments to human rights. It is also the smart thing to do for development, economic growth and business. The economic and human development costs of large and persistent economic gender gaps are enormous. These costs include both actual costs and opportunity costs and have been documented in major recent reports that informed the Panel s work (box 1.3). Gender equality can bring dramatic gains in human development and well-being for individuals, families and societies. The human development index is a widely used measure of achievement in key aspects of individual well-being encompassing health and education alongside income. Figure 1.1 shows the strong relationship between a country s achievements in human development and its level of gender inequality. Women s economic empowerment yields human development gains through many channels, such as enabling greater autonomy and choice for women and boosting investment in children. Increasing the share of household income controlled by women tends to increase spending on children s education and health. 1 In terms of benefits for the economy, strong and accumulating evidence suggests that lower levels of gender inequality are associated with gains in terms of income, economic growth and national competitiveness (figures ). Box 1.3 Some recent major global reports on decent work, gender equality at work and women s economic empowerment 2011: Food and Agriculture Organization, The State of Food and Agriculture : Women in Agriculture 2011: World Bank, World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development 2012: UN Foundation and ExxonMobil Foundation, A Roadmap for Promoting Women s Economic Empowerment 2012: Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development, Closing the Gap 2014: International Labour Organization (ILO), Global Wage Report 2014: World Bank, Gender at Work 2015: McKinsey Global Institute, The Power of Parity 2015: UN Women, Progress of the World s Women, Transforming Economies: Realising Rights 2015: ILO, Women in Business and Management: Gaining Momentum 2015: World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report 2016: International Center for Research on Women and Business for Social Responsibility, Building Effective Women s Economic Empowerment Strategies 2016: ILO, Women at Work WOMEN S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT 15

6 Figure 1.1 Gender equality is associated with human development Human Development Index (0 1), 2014 Source: United Nations Development Programme 2015 Human Development Report. Figure 1.2 Gender equality is associated with higher income per capita Log GDP per capita (PPP), 2014 Source: Development Indicators 2015 and United Nations Development Programme 2015 Human Development Report. 16 LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND

7 Figure 1.3 Gender equality is associated with faster economic growth GDP per capita average growth (%), Note: GDP per capita growth was regressed on initial income to control for convergence. Years range from 1990 to Source: Development Indicators 2015, IMF staff estimates, and United Nations Development Programme 2015 Human Development Report. Figure 1.4 Gender equality is associated with stronger national competitiveness Global Competitiveness Index (1 7), 2015 Source: The Global Competitiveness Report (World Economic Forum) and United Nations Development Programme 2015 Human Development Report. WOMEN S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT 17

8 The associations between gender equality and levels and rates of growth of income are suggestive but not conclusive and run in both directions. The effect of higher income on gender equality is positive, 2 and the effect of gender equality on economic growth is positive. Here we focus on the latter the channels for gender equality to increase economic growth. From a supply-side perspective, economic growth depends on the growth and skills of the labour force; the movement of people from low- to high-productivity activities; innovation and entrepreneurship; and investment in the education and skills of future generations. Several recent studies examine these channels and, despite differences in methodology, regional focus and time period, consistently find that the potential income gains from women s economic empowerment are substantial, ranging up to the McKinsey Global Institute s estimated 26 percent boost to annual global output in The gains are especially large for countries with low fertility rates like Japan, the Republic of Korea, Germany, Italy and Singapore and for countries where women s labour force participation rates are very low like those in the Gulf region. David Cuberes and Marc Teignier use a similar methodology that incorporates female entrepreneurship and find the largest potential gains approaching 40 percent of GDP in the Middle East and North Africa. 4 A recent OECD study takes a different approach and shows how gender-based discrimination in social institutions reduces productivity and economic growth by lowering both human capital investment and labour force participation, with larger effects in low-income countries. 5 Given the projected sharp slowdown in the growth of the global labour supply as a result of demographic trends, reducing gender gaps in the labour market will become increasingly important to economic growth in the coming decades. 6 The potential gains associated with women s economic empowerment are particularly dramatic in the context of the world s current slow economic growth, which is largely the result of weak aggregate demand, exacerbated in some countries by austerity policies. 7 Many countries, including almost all of the G-20 countries, are currently operating below their potential level of output, and measures are warranted to boost both short-term growth and long-term growth. These measures include both macroeconomic policies such as more public infrastructure investment and structural policies such as product market deregulation. Policies to break through the constraints impeding women s participation in labour markets are important growth-enhancing structural measures, and warrant more attention from policymakers. Such measures not only stimulate high rates of growth but also lead to more equitable patterns of growth. Policymakers should recognize that reductions in public spending including health, education, social services and social protection are especially damaging for women. Women are more likely than men to work in the public sector, more likely to rely on government services and more likely to have to fill the gaps in family and social services when the government withdraws support for them. And public sector jobs are often better quality jobs with higher incomes, more job security, more support for families and easier access to worker and social protection. 8 The gender effects of budgetary cuts have been largely overlooked or underestimated by governments, even though, as shown by recent analysis supported by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), public investment in care and other social services has large potential multiplier effects on output and employment in times of high unemployment; it also reduces gender gaps in employment and pay. 9 UN Women is supporting gender budgeting in many countries around the world. The Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), two Panel members, are cooperating on research to develop budgeting approaches and metrics that focus on both the macroeconomic growth effects and the gender equality effects of fiscal decisions. Some countries undertaking gender budgeting have succeeded in incorporating gender equality goals into fiscal policies and programmes. Others are cooperating on research to develop budgeting approaches and metrics that focus on both the macroeconomic growth effects and the gender equality effects of fiscal decisions. 10 It is equally important to acknowledge and incorporate social gains in terms of child development, for example in measures of returns to public investments in childcare and early childhood education. 18 LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND

9 Beyond the gains for economic growth, gender equality can reduce poverty and foster a more equitable distribution of income. Gender inequality is strongly associated with income inequality, controlling for the standard drivers of income inequality like education. Gender inequality affects income inequality through several channels, including gender gaps in labour force participation rates and part-time work, in wages, and in access to education, health and assets. 11 Indeed, increases in female labour force participation accounted for about 30 percent of the reductions in poverty and income inequality in Latin America between 2000 and The incentives for businesses to support women s economic empowerment are strong a smart strategy, indeed. A growing body of research from around the world documents and measures the many ways that women contribute value to each link of the business value chain as suppliers, leaders, employees, customers, brand creators and community members (figure 1.5). Companies with greater gender equality in their workforce and top management can reap a whole range of benefits. 18 Such companies are better able to attract and retain female talent, to motivate their female workers, to understand and respond to the needs of female customers and to better address complex problems by incorporating more diverse views. Businesses with more women in top leadership and board positions enjoy stronger financial performance. 19 And gender-diverse teams are correlated with higher financial returns 20 and innovation. 21 A call to action The High-Level Panel issues a call to action for governments, businesses, employer and worker organizations, civil society organizations, foundations and individuals and partnerships among stakeholders to accelerate progress towards women s economic empowerment and gender equality. The Panel recognizes that empowerment rests on the ability of women to control their lives, to take economic decisions and act on them, to advance and succeed economically and to influence the legal and policy frameworks that affect their work Figure 1.5 A value chain approach to the business case WOMEN S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT 19

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